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  1. Re:FOADIAF on Plantronics Helps Make Remote Workers' Lives Easier (Video) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Concur...

    I wonder if Taco had to sign a non-compete clause when he left, and how long it might have left to run...

  2. Re:It's called Sundog on Notch Wants To Make a Firefly-Inspired Sandbox Space Game · · Score: 1

    Thank you, sir - I enjoyed the Apple ][ and Atari ST versions.

    Now, please tell these kids to get off your lawn...

  3. Re:Disappointed although not very. on Raspberry Pi Now Has Distributors -- and Will Soon Have Boards for All (Video) · · Score: 1

    Shipping is included in the Farnell price, but not in the RS price.

    Which, as the account sign-up/registration page (when you finally get to it) claims that Farnell offer "free shipping", makes their pricing even more questionable.

  4. Print them in 3D? on Ask Slashdot: Techie Wedding Invitation Ideas? · · Score: 1

    Imagine a traditional-type, embossed script gilt-edged invitation on heavy card, but created using an HP DesignJet?

  5. The end of an era... on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    ... or is that "error"?

    Whichever, thanks and good luck.

  6. Re:"Civilian" Spacecraft? on Dragon Capsule Could Be 1st Private Craft To Dock With ISS · · Score: 1

    I concur that the design was compromised by military requirements, and that they flew some military/secret missions.

    This doesn't change the fact that the orbiters were owned & operated by NASA.

    By your argument, you might as well claim that due to the involvement of von Braun and others, the Saturn 5 was a Nazi rocket ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law )

  7. Re:"Civilian" Spacecraft? on Dragon Capsule Could Be 1st Private Craft To Dock With ISS · · Score: 2

    Many thanks for your kind words.

    By the way, there should be a comma after "point".

  8. Actually... on Dragon Capsule Could Be 1st Private Craft To Dock With ISS · · Score: 2

    ...Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and General Dynamics are commercial enterprises, which happen to have lots of contracts with both military and civilian agencies of the USA and other governments.

    Last time I looked, NASA was one of those civilian USA government agencies...

    Put it this way - when was the last time you could buy shares in NASA (paying taxes doesn't count)?

  9. "Civilian" Spacecraft? on Dragon Capsule Could Be 1st Private Craft To Dock With ISS · · Score: 1

    Surely NASA is a "civilian" space agency, and the shuttle therefore a civilian craft?

    Perhaps the correct term should be "non-governmental"...

  10. Re:Translation on Wii U Faster Than 360 Or PS3, No Blu-ray Or DVD Support · · Score: 2

    Not a new player, just a firmware tweak to the cheapest single-layer bluray-type drive mechanism they can source.

    Likewise, no new pressing plants - any existing plant that can press a single-layer BluRay disk will be able to press these...

  11. Yeah, that'll work.. on Six Cities Named For Vehicle2Vehicle Communications Trial · · Score: 3

    ... because no-one will *ever* try and spoof the data streams just to watch other people's cars take unrequired avoiding action at 60mph...

  12. Re:Deja Vu on Skynet Becomes Aware, Launches Nuclear Attack · · Score: 1

    Yeah, let's see where this ends...

  13. No VT on E4400 on Intel Announces a BIOS Implementation Test Suite · · Score: 1
  14. Actually... on First-of-its-Kind Hard X-ray Free-Electron Laser Images Intact Viruses · · Score: 1

    ...it sounds like a fast version of using a sun-bed.

  15. Simple answer: No. on First-of-its-Kind Hard X-ray Free-Electron Laser Images Intact Viruses · · Score: 3, Informative
    FTFA:

    The duration of its individual pulses is incredibly short – a few millionths of a billionth of a second. That’s still long enough to cause its subjects to vaporize , but that doesn’t happen until after their pictures have been snapped.

    OK, this was in the second paragraph, but even so...

  16. This man should be promoted! on UK Authorities Accused of Inciting Illegal Protest · · Score: 1

    "The best way of stopping any liaison getting too heavy was to shag somebody else. It's amazing how women don't like you going to bed with someone else," said the officer...

    "Captain Obvious" is clearly insufficient rank for this officer - for an insight of that magnitude, he should be at least a Colonel.

  17. Re:OP Doesn't Have A Clue on Google Releases New Image Format Called WebP · · Score: 1

    Actually, the OP *does* have a clue.

    The reported justification for WebP is to reduce "latency" not "bandwidth use".

  18. Re:Poor rebuttal on Airplanes Unexpectedly Modify Weather · · Score: 1

    You appear to not understand the difference between an opinion and a statement of fact.

  19. Poor rebuttal on Airplanes Unexpectedly Modify Weather · · Score: 4, Funny
    I feel that any rebuttal that begins

    To quote wikipedia:

    is inherently invalid.

  20. Oblig. PennyArcade reference on Do Children's E-Books Ruin Reading? · · Score: 1
  21. Economics on The MPEG-LA's Lock On Culture · · Score: 1, Funny

    Defending an infringment lawsuit would be very expensive. On the other hand, rifle ammunition is quite cheap.

    How many people are on the MPEG-LA board?

  22. While we're about it... on Ubuntu Will Switch To Base-10 File Size Units In Future Release · · Score: 1

    ... let's make Pi equal to 3.

  23. Actually... on Microsoft Takes Responsibility For GPL Violation · · Score: 1

    ...it should be a Twinkie.

  24. You got balloons and streamers? on Inside the Windows 7 Launch Party Pack · · Score: 1

    You bastard!

    My pack just had branded napkins and the bags...

  25. Which one? on Do Retailers Often Screen User Reviews? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    .com? .co.uk? .com.au?